Musician Kalle Mattson Recreates 34 Classic Album Covers in Clever Music Video for ‘Avalanche’

In the music video for his song “Avalanche“, Canadian musician Kalle Mattson and director Philip Sportel cleverly recreated 35 classic album covers, including his own. The list of albums, provided by commenter Efrain Gutiérrez, encompasses a great many familiar names.

Here’s the full list for anyone that’s interested:

1 Wilco – Foxtrot
2 Neil Young – Harvest
3 Leonard Cohen – Songs of Love and Hate
4 Radiohead – In Rainbows
5 Pink Floyd – The Wall
6 Sex Pistols – Nevermind The Bollocks
7 The Velvet Underground & Nico
8 The Ramones
9 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -The Boatman’s Call
10 Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
11 Jay Z – Blueprint
12 Nilson –Schmilsson
13 George Harrison – All Thing Must Pass
14 Paul Mccartney – Mccartney II
15 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
16 Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
17 Paul Simon – Paul Simon
18 Beck – Sea Change
19 Elliot Smith – Figure 8
20 Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
21 The Clash – London Calling
22 Backstreet Boys – Millenium
23 Ringo Starr – Beaucoups of Blues
24 Patti Smith – Horses
25 Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
26 Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
27 Tom Petty – Damn The Torpedoes
28 Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
29 Michael Jackson – Thriller
30 The Smiths – This Charming Man
31 Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
32 Morrissey, The Best of
33 U2 – The Best
34 David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
35 Kalle Mattson – Avalanche

Here’s a behind-the-scenes video explaining how they made the idea come to life.

via Fast Company, PetaPixel

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